With that mix, The Artistcan't lose: To the average Academy member, after all, the silent movie isn't an irrelevant period piece, it's a depiction of his youth. (We kid—sort of.)

Now what is meant here is that The Artist can't lose Best Picture; it probably will lose Original Screenplay—and it probably will lose to WGA Award winner Midnight in Paris.

While both The Artist and Midnight in Paris are set in the Academy-favored 1920s, Allen has the edge over Michel Hazanavicius because, one, he's won the category twice previously, and, two, like Oscar voters, he's 30 or so years older than the French filmmaker. (We kid—sort of.)

The Descendants, meanwhile, should likewise duplicate its WGA Award win for Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars. The George Clooney movie just seems to have been penciled in for that honor for a long while; also, it benefits from Martin Scorsese having made the fatal mistake of setting Hugo in the 1930s instead of the 1920s—d'oh!

Speaking of catchphrases from The Simpsons…The historically long-running sitcom picked up a WGA Award for animation writing Sunday night to go along with its 500th episode.

Here's a rundown of some of the top winners, including the TV honorees, at the 2012 Writers Guild Awards: